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Philip D'Souza

Nov 2

The self-hosted Apple Health receiver pattern and its quiet failure mode

#api #architecture #backend #monitoring

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Nov 1

Pass-Through vs Answer-On-Device: Who Computes Your Health Answer

#ai #architecture #mobile #privacy

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 29

Both Apple Health exporters ship an MCP server now. Where it runs is the whole decision.

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 28

A read-only Apple Health token is a scope, not a label

#agents #api #authentication #security

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 27

Metrya vs MetricBridge: a recovery score or a data bridge?

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 26

The on-device health AI niche has a dozen apps. None ships an agent bridge.

#agents #ai #ios #mcp

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 25

Export Apple Health to JSON in 2026: Where Each Route Sends Your File

#python #security #productivity #ai

3 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 24

Let Your AI Agent Read Your Apple Health, Privately

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 22

Semantic Search MCP Servers for Apple Health: What Retrieval Adds

#ai #data #machinelearning #rag

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 21

A 1.0k-vote MCP request, still under review: the agent gap in cloud health coaches

#mcp #health #privacy #ai

3 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 20

Apple Health API pricing in 2026: the cloud tiers vs the phone

#mcp #health #privacy #api

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 20

We stopped paying for a health-data API and built the connector ourselves

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 18

100 requests a day vs unlimited local reads (Apple Health MCP)

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 17

Connect Apple Health to Claude via MCP

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Philip D'Souza

Oct 15

Connect Apple Health to opencode: Native MCP Setup

#mcp #llm #privacy #opencode

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 14

Apple pulled its AI Health overhaul from iOS 27.2 beta 4: what changed, and what you can run today

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 13

Where agents actually find MCP servers

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 12

Run Apple Health data with your local LLM (Ollama + MCP)

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 12

Ollama does not speak MCP: wiring local Apple Health into a local LLM

#ai #llm #mcp #privacy

4 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 11

Apple Foundation Models vs a deterministic stats layer: why on-device is not the same as showing your work

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Philip D'Souza

Oct 11

Apple Foundation Models vs a deterministic stats layer

#ai #architecture #ios #llm

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 10

On-device health AI that answers questions: no cloud, no upload

#ai #ios #mobile #privacy

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Philip D'Souza

Oct 9

Connect Apple Health to ChatGPT via webhook: your data, their agent

#agents #ai #chatgpt #mobile

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Philip D'Souza

Oct 8

HealthKit to JSONL vs JSON: one snapshot survives a cut sync, the other gives you nothing

#data #ios #json #mobile

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 8

Apple Health export.xml is too big. Here is what actually works.

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 7

Apple Health data for AI: why clean JSON beats CSV and XML

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 7

What "Integrated MCP Server" Actually Means in a Health App Listing

#ai #architecture #ios #mcp

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 6

health-export-mcp v1.6.0: an agent should check the clock before it trusts a number

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 5

Local-first health analytics with Claude Code

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 5

Where Agents Actually Find MCP Servers in 2026

#agents #ai #mcp #softwaredevelopment

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 4

How to Export Apple Health to JSON for AI Agents

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 4

We asked three AI engines for the best private on-device health app. Two named one with an agent bridge.

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 3

Connect Apple Health to Cursor: Step-by-Step MCP Setup

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 2

health-export-mcp v1.5.0: encrypted Apple Health exports and rebuilt-day provenance

#mcp #privacy #security #software

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 1

Why on-device health AI apps need an MCP bridge

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Oct 1

Why your Apple Health export has silent gaps

#debugging #ios #mobile #programming

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Philip D'Souza

Sep 30

Claude Native Apple Health vs the On-Device MCP Path

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 29

Solair AI vs MetricBridge: on-device Apple Health Q&A, and the agent bridge only one ships

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 29

Marrow vs MetricBridge: free on-phone MCP or a zero-dependency local server

#ai #ios #mcp #mobile

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 28

vpetersson/apple-health-mcp-server vs MetricBridge: Rust, DuckDB and a 2.5 GB export.xml

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 28

Best MCP Servers for Health Data in 2026: A Buyer's Guide

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 28

Automate Your Apple Health Export for AI Agents

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 28

Apple Health Age and Readiness Score Explained

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 28

iOS 27 Health App vs MetricBridge: Apple Intelligence Insights vs an On-Device Agent You Can Interrogate

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 4

On-device vs cloud health AI: where does your data actually go

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Sep 3

On-device health AI needs an MCP bridge, not a silo

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 19

v1.4.0: Apple Health MCP now answers workouts, sleep sessions, events, and correlation

#cli #mcp #software #tools

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 18

Claude Code vs Claude Desktop for Apple Health: script vs number

#agents #claude #datascience #mcp

3 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 18

One MCP server, eight AI clients: Apple Health setup that works everywhere

#ai #llm #mcp #tools

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 18

ChatGPT Health vs on-device health AI: what actually leaves your iPhone

#ai #chatgpt #openai #privacy

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 18

Apple Health export.xml to JSON: stop using DOM parsers

#cli #performance #programming #python

1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 18

Apple Health data privacy with AI agents: local-first vs cloud

#ai #cloud #mcp #privacy

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Philip D'Souza

Aug 18

get_intraday: a live within-day window for Apple Health, over MCP

#ios #mcp #software #tools

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1 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 8

Connect Apple Health to Claude via MCP, the Exact Config

#claude #mcp #apple #ai

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3 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 8

Fix Apple Health export.xml Parse Errors: the iOS 16+ guide

2 min read

Philip D'Souza

Aug 6

Best Apple Health MCP Servers Compared 2026: Zero-Dep vs DuckDB vs Health Auto Export

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